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Westminster Diary

2 February 2002

By Tam Dalyell

THE ANTI-THEFT security tagging systems now widely used in shops could be
exposing children to excessive electromagnetic fields, according to a computer
model developed by researchers at the University of Utah(13 October 2001, p 7).
Somewhat horrified at this claim, I asked junior health minister Lord Hunt of
Kings Heath if the Department of Health had any views on it. Hunt replied that
the National Radiological Protection Board advises the department on such
matters. The NRPB says that the Utah research underscores the need for all
surveillance equipment to conform to national and international guidelines. …